It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do.It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work; it fascinates me.I can sit and look at it for hours.I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.

You cannot give me too much work; to accumulate work has almost become a passion with me; my study is so full of it now, that there is hardly an inch of room for any more.I shall have to throw out a wing soon.

And I am careful of my work, too.Why, some if the work that I have by me now has been in my possession for years and years, and there isn’t a finger-mark on it.I take a great pride in my work; I take it down now and then and dust it.No man keeps his work in a better state of preservation than I do.

But, though I crave for work, I still like to be fair.I do not ask for more than my proper share.

But I get it without asking for it – at least, so it appears to me – and this worries me.

Monday, October 15, 2007

I've heard of freeware and shareware and copyleft software. This is a new term I encountered today when I actually had a look through the license agreement. It made me think what nice people nerds are.

"Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you areencouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda. Please see |kcc|below or visit the ICCF web site, available at these URLs:

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Part two of the three part Russian film series directed by that Kazakh guy beginning with T.

Nightwatch was the first and it was fluxxing awesome.

It opens here on October the 18th.

The plot revolves around Tamerlane the Kazakh warlord. So read up on your Tamerlane/Timor the Lame history and myths associated with his burial ie whoever dug up his bones would be invaded (The Russians did and Operation Barbarossa started the next day); and if his was reinterred properly the invaders would be defeated. His reburial coincided with the surrender of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, and from then on Jerry was in retreat.

Monday, October 08, 2007

not just groovy... McGroovy (but not in a golden arches kind of way, thank goodness, although if these were in a happy meal I reckon we'd all be sorely tempted)!

the site also has totally cool plans to make stuff out of cardboard boxes, like castles and spaceships. have a browse. click your tongue at Mr McGroovy's assertions that his box rivets are better than duct tape. hey, McGroovy, I like your product but duct tape... I thought that was sacred? ;-)

cross-posted at ForRattle! with the big piccy of the cardboard castle.

Friday, October 05, 2007

This has got to be about the stupidest ad I've ever seen. So stupid, in fact, that I felt the need to share my pain with you, lucky listeners. Sure, its for an free on-line computer game, so its written by 14-year-olds for 14-year-olds, but still, lets recap the design meeting down at the playground:

"It should have a naked chick on it!""Yeah! With ENORMOUS titties!""And we can write 'Free to play' between her legs... *snicker*""But we still need a name for our game..."

I haven't looked at the game to see if its really as lame as the ad sets it up to be; somehow I'm not much interested in getting into the character - either way - of a multiplayer game based on someone dressed like a ho and nicknamed Nora of the Pox.

[1] Mouse broughtbought purchased Settlers and the expansion from Socrates at Rhodes.

When we were in Melbourne for Jake's wedding we visited Casa Iberica and broughtbought purchased:

[2] New paella pan from Spain (deeper than the last one but made of mild steel, rather than stainless, and considerably cheaper).

[3] Drinking chocolate, made by Nestle but imported from Mexico.

[4] Chippotle chiles in a can, from Mexico (Jake introduced me to this smoky, spicy treat).

[5] Paella seasoning from Spain.

[6] Piri Piri sauce from Portugal.

So the plan, and as a bit of a homage to Rob and Coz, is to have Paella followed by Settlers of Catan. In deference to the wee ones we were thinking of a lunchtime affair, like turn up at 11:00, get fed by 12:00 and play some settlers.

I suspect there will be enough of us that we can do some child minding swaps while the games are on.